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Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken is made with tender chicken tights soaked in a sweet and savory sauce that is bursting with pineapple flavors. Because slow cookers are different from each the time may vary, just check the chicken if it's cooked. Serve your Hawaiian Slow-Cooker Chicken with white rice and garnish with some chopped cilantro.
Hawaiian slow cooked chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Hawaiian slow cooked chicken is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook hawaiian slow cooked chicken using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Hawaiian slow cooked chicken:
- Make ready 1 can pineapple chunks, drained; set aside pineapple chunks
- Get 1/2 cup ketchup (can use tomato paste instead)
- Get 1/3 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- Prepare 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- Get 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- Prepare 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Make ready 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- Take 1-2 tablespoons Asian chili-garlic sauce or any chilli sauce
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely minced
- Get 2 teaspoons ground ginger or for fresh is better
- Take 1/2 salt or to taste
- Get 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Take 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Prepare 1.75-2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch pieces but you can also use chicken thighs as a replacement
- Get 1/3 cup cornstarch to coat the chicken
- Get 3 tablespoons fresh coriande leaves chopped for garnishing
- Make ready 3 tablespoons green onions, sliced into thin rounds
How to Make Hawaiian Chicken in a Slow Cooker Add the pineapple preserves, juice from the canned pineapple, ketchup, soy sauce, brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, lime juice, sesame oil, chili-garlic sauce, garlic, ginger, salt, and pepper into a bowl. Instructions: Add the chicken breast to the slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients and stir the toppings on top of the chicken to combine. Slow Cooker Hawaiian Shredded Chicken is the perfect blend of sweet and savory.
Steps to make Hawaiian slow cooked chicken:
- First, you will make the sauce: In a bowl, add pineapple juice from the can without the chunks (set aside for late), ketchup, soy sauce, brown sugar, rice wine vinegar, lime juice, sesame oil, chilli-garlic sauce(or any other chilli sauce), garlic, ginger, salt, pepper, and whisk to combine. Set the sauce aside for now.
- Drizzle olive oil over the bottom of the slow cooker or if you don’t have one, you can use a cast-iron dish with a lid and set aside.
- Put the chicken and the corn starch into a large plastic bag, seal it and toss around until the chicken is evenly coated. Evenly distribute the chicken to a slow cooker/pan. And add the pineapple chunks over the chicken.
- Now, pour the sauce that you prepared earlier all over the chicken, use a spoon if necessary. Make sure it’s all covered.
- If using a Slow Cook, cover and cook for about 1 hour and 40 minutes in high or on low for 4 hours. If cooking on high, check at 90 minutes, and if cooking on low, checking at 3 hours. Because slow cookers are different from each the time may vary, just check the chicken if it’s cooked. If using a cast-iron pan, place in the oven for 3 hours at 120°C.
- Serve with white rice and garnish with some chopped coriander. Enjoy!
It's a recipe that's great for leftovers and can be served warm or cold. Try it as a wrap using collard greens or your favorite tortilla or serve it over rice or cauliflower rice with all of the fixings for a bowl-style meal you'll want to make again and again. The Hawaiian glaze that coats the chicken and smothers the rice is made by blending pineapple slices, pineapple juice, brown sugar, and onion. Add the puree to your crock pot, then add the pan seared chicken and more onion on top. Slow Cooker Hawaiian Pineapple Chicken is a quick and easy meal that you can make on a weeknight that will transport you to the Hawaiian Islands.
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